Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freshmen first boat missed beating the Brown course record by only two seconds, finishing in 5:26. But course times are hard to compare because weather conditions, particularly wind, play such a large role in race times...
...binds--and bonds--men together in ways that most women don't understand. Certainly there are some women who read The Sporting News, and some men who can't live without a copy of Women's Wear Daily. But for the most part sports plays a uniquely male role in our society; it teaches men competition and camaraderie, team play and individual excellence...
Condon makes a good straight man, strengthening O'Keefe's role with solid, if uninspired acting. While Vito is sometimes boring, he is the most believable character in the play. (Of course, given the competition...) Condon submerges himself in the character, so his accent and mannerisms are those of Vito. When the part requires him to convince the audience that he's homosexual (did I forget to mention that?), he pulls...
...hardest part of putting on Woody Allen's Play it Again, Sam is convincing the audience to accept that someone other than Woody himself can play the lead role and still make it funny. He'd better be good, we say to ourselves, choking our resentment, or we want Woody back...
Luckily, Robinson Everett brings enough that is fresh to Woody's old role that we don't even miss him in this Dunster House production. Moreover, the rest of the cast, which seemed to fade into the background in the film, has a chance in the stage version to relax and make the most of their characters, who prove surprisingly funny unto themselves...